AC Milan looks to continue push toward Champions League berth with Serie A win

AC Milan will seek to continue its surge toward the final Champions League qualifying place when it hosts Siena in the Serie A on Sunday.

Milan is just four points behind fourth-place Fiorentina, which plays at Atalanta on Saturday.

Milan has a game in hand that it will play next week against Livorno, but it will be without the injured Kaka and Alexandre Pato on Sunday.

Pato, who has scored four goals in his first six league matches, came off the bench to score the winner against Fiorentina last week before spraining his ankle. He is likely to return for the Champions League match against Arsenal on Feb. 20.

"Up to yesterday Pato …